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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xviii, 374 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the greatest moments in human spaceflight by weaving together essential, fascinating documents from NASA's history. Beginning with rocket genius Wernher von Braun's vision for voyaging to Mars, and closing with Elon Musk's contemporary plan to get there, this volume traces major events like the founding of NASA, the first American astronauts in space, the moon landings, the Challenger disaster, the daring Hubble Telescope repairs, and more....
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English
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"A compelling appeal, at just the right time, for continuing to look up."—Air & Space
America's space program is at a turning point. After decades of global primacy, NASA has ended the space-shuttle program, cutting off its access to space. No astronauts will be launched in an American craft, from American soil, until the 2020s, and NASA may soon find itself eclipsed by other countries' space programs.
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English
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“Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan’s books.”—The Washington Post Book World (front page review)
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.
Future...
In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time.
Future...
8) Space age
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1992]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 335 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
10) Prophets
Author
Series
Apotheosis volume 1
Language
English
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Almost two centuries after the collapse of the Confederacy, strange transmissions, from beyond the limit's of human space, start arriving. These transmission announce the existence of human settlements forgotten about after the collapse. Various powers race to settlements to claim them, but when they arrive they find a threat beyond what they could have imagined.
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Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Want to go to space? Before launch, you've got some work to do! Find out what scuba diving, medical skills, and survival training all have to do with being an astronaut.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Humanity has established a SETI library on the moon to decipher and interpret the many messages from alien societies we have discovered. The most intriguing messages are from complete artificial intelligences. Ruth, a beginner Librarian, must talk to alien minds who have aggressive agendas of their own. She opens doors into strangeness beyond imagination and in her quest for understanding nearly gets killed doing it"--
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Series
Glork Patrol volume 1
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English
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Who keeps the galaxy silly? The Glork Patrol! When the patrol crash-lands on the sinister Bad Planet, Baby Gonk finds a giant egg... so of course he sits on it. Soon it hatches a baby Quackaboodle, the most dangerous creature in the universe! Will there be a fight to the death, or will the Baby Quackaboodle become the newest member of the Glork Patrol?
18) Rosebud
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"When five sentient digital beings-condemned for over three hundred years to crew the small survey ship by the all-powerful Company-encounter a mysterious black sphere, their course of action is clear: obtain the object, inform the Company, earn lots of praise. But the ship malfunctions, and the crew has no choice but to approach the sphere and survey it themselves. They have no idea that this object-and the transcendent truth hidden within-will change...
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Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (60 minutes) : digital, HD audio ; 9 x 6 cm + 2 books.
Language
English
Description
On the ocean floor: On another special field trip on the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class learns about the ocean and the different creatures that live there.
Lost in the solar system: On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms. Frizzle's class goes into outer space and visits each planet in the solar system.
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